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In The Machine is the official blog of the Inventor Product Management Team. It is a way for us to share Inventor news, interesting information about successful Inventor customers and partners as well as tips and tricks. From time to time we’ll also use the blog to solicit feedback from users via surveys. This blog is hosted by Garin Gardiner our Technical Marketing Manager.
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Labs 2D to 3D tool now for 64-bit
July 17, 2008, 02:33 PM Garin Gardiner
The 2D to 3D tool has now been updated for 64-bit computers. If you have tried to install it in the past on a 64-bit version of Vista or XP you know that it wasn't available. The labs team just released a new version of the 2D to 3D tool that will install and work on both a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system.
If you aren't familiar what the 2D to 3D tool does, below is a brief description.
You can open an AutoCAD 2D DWG into an Inventor part file similar to the one you see below.
Switch over to the 2D to 3D Tools panel and select "Chose Base View" to start orienting the 2D geometry to the correct location. In this case I selected the Front view of the 2D sketch geometry first to project it onto the base face.
From there you can select Identify Projected View and select the right and top view to project the other two views in the correct location. There are align tools to help align views if necessary.
In this example I then extruded the front view to a point in the back. I then created a second extrusion with the side view using the Intersect option from extrude to remove unwanted material from the first extrusion. The third extrusion from the top view was also with the Intersect option to cut the slot and chamfer edges.
If you have a lot of 2D drawings that you would like to convert to 3D models, this is a great tool to help you easily convert them.
Enjoy!
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July 22, 2008 03:27 AM Sunith Babu
Hi, Users can download an exhaustive article on "Transforming 2D Drawing to 3D CAD Data" at www.AUGIindia.com > Library > AUGI World India Edition > AUGI WORLD INDIA EDITION (JAN - FEB) 2008 > Page 14 - 17 Thanks Sunith Babu. L
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July 22, 2008 07:53 AM Michael Goldberg
This is a great tool for converting legacy data from AutoCad but not very practical in the real world where, on a daily basis, we are downloading pdfs or straight 2d output files from who knows what and that are all cluttered up with duplicate lines and draft angles that cannot be seen. Help us get this dirty manually handled data into the system; that is what is so time consuming. What we need is a time saving tool to help clean up the "junk" not a tool to do what we can do in a matter of seconds without its aide.
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July 24, 2008 03:35 PM George Roberts
Right on Mr. Goldberg. If the input is junk that's all you can expect from the output. No great revelation there. What we, and Autodesk need to do is let go of the "legacy" data and recreate it in a clean 3D file. Otherwise the legacy of bad data will continue. Keep perfecting those 3d tools. Let the 2D data go!
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July 24, 2008 10:46 PM V.V. RAO
I am a AutoCAD 2D user would like to learn 3D modeling. Please help me 2D to 3D tool new tips & tricks. Regards, V.V.Rao Email:rao.vv@rediffmail.com
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